Chocolate

Easter chocolate rated by Tamal Ray and Liam Charles: ‘It’s a bougie Creme Egg!’

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The Guardian bakers both have a sweet tooth, so they ate eggs and bunnies till they dropped. Which did they rate and hate?

The world’s most famous celebration of chocolate and pastry is coming to the United States

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    Salon du Chocolat, the world’s most prestigious chocolate festival is making its way to New York City. The World’s Premier Chocolate Show Expands to New York City. Salon du Chocolat NY will mark the global event’s arrival to a 34th city since the first show in 1995. The celebration is an opportunity for … Read more

Jolis Coeurs for Easter: These Lovely Hearts from Pierre Marcolini are impossible to resist

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  Jolis Coeurs: Discover the ultra-smooth ganaches and crisp praline for love at first bite this Easter. This Easter season is all about new, ultra-smooth ganaches and crisp praline, made of carefully sourced ingredients by Pierre Marcolini’s craft chocolatiers. The star of this year’s Easter chocolate collection is a small, mischievous bunny peeking out of … Read more

Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie 2019: Malaysia is the new World Pastry Champion

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    For the 30th anniversary, Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie contest was keen to challenge the participants’ technical and creative skills by requiring for the first time that the 63 pastry chefs prepare a 100% vegan dessert. This Monday 28th January 2019, Malaysia has won for the first time the Coupe du Monde … Read more

The revolutionary Bien Être – A chocolate to nourish mind, body, and spirit

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  Inspired by the extensive work of Dr. Thierry Hanh* on the infinite nutritional richness of vegetables and fruits, Nicolas Cloiseau, Master Chef of La Maison du Chocolat, focused on liberating chocolate from animal fats and proteins. Nine months of trials to achieve just the desired texture of the chocolate, just as long to perfect … Read more

Zurich, Switzerland’s chocolate capital

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On a cacao-driven crawl of the city’s craft chocolate shops, our writer discovers they’ve got the sweet stuff down to a fine art